Antoine Griezmann’s announcement, that he’s staying at Atletico Madrid and turning down Barcelona’s offer, provoked a genuine earthquake at the Catalan club. Not because they missed the opportunity to sign a great player, but because of the way things played out at the end. As Movistar+ broadcast ‘The Decision’, calls and messages were being exchanged between Barca’s directors, expressing disbelief and outrage. The testimonials from Griezmann and those close to him, almost narrating the day to day of negotiations with Barça and Atletico, revealed the club’s movements in recent months.
The final straw, though, was that many of the Barça hierarchy only found out the player’s decision through the documentary, like everyone else. Well, maybe not everyone else. Because Gerard Pique, one of the club’s best players, was in Sochi reminding us that he was linked to the production company behind ‘The Decision’. His brother Marc appeared on the credits as ‘Kosmos Senior Producer’.